IDebugAlias

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11/15/2016

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Important

In Visual Studio 2015, this way of implementing expression evaluators is deprecated. For information about implementing CLR expression evaluators, please see CLR Expression Evaluators and Managed Expression Evaluator Sample.

Represents a numeric alias for a variable. An alias is simply a different name for a variable.

Syntax

IDebugAlias : IUnknown

Notes for Implementers

The expression evaluator (EE) implements this interface to support numerical aliases for variables.

Notes for Callers

CreateAlias creates an alias for a particular object. To search for aliases, use FindAlias or GetAllAliases.

Methods in Vtable Order

The following methods are defined in the IDebugAlias interface.

Method	Description
GetObject	Gets the object to which this alias refers.
GetName	Gets the alias name.
GetICorDebugValue	Retrieves an `ICorDebugValue` interface that provides access to managed code information about this object (managed code only).
Dispose	Marks this alias as no longer being used.

Remarks

An alias is a decimal number in string form followed by the # character, for example, 1001#.

Requirements

Header: ee.h

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.Interop

Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.Interop.dll

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